Historical Formations

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This page is a listing of a number of historical naval formations containing ships that appear in KanColle. Note that many of these formations had multiple 'generations', that ships were often part of multiple formations at a time, and that accurate historical records of these units are very difficult to ascertain. Multiple reorganizations occurred over the course of the war as losses took their toll.

Battle Squadrons

In Japanese, there is no distinction drawn between Battleship and Cruiser divisions, they are simply called "squadrons" (sentai).

English Name	Japanese	Unit Members
First Battleship Division : BatDiv 1	第一戦隊	Nagato (Flagship), Mutsu, Later: Yamato (Flagship), Musashi
Second Battleship Division: BatDiv 2	第二戦隊	Ise (Flagship), Hyuuga, Yamashiro, Fusou
Third Battleship Division: BatDiv 3	第三戦隊	Kongou (Flagship), Hiei, Haruna, Kirishima
Fourth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 4	第四戦隊	Atago (Flagship), Takao, Maya, Choukai
Fifth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 5	第五戦隊	Myoukou (Flagship), Nachi, Haguro
Sixth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 6	第六戦隊	Aoba (Flagship), Furutaka, Kako, Kinugasa
Seventh Cruiser Division: CruDiv 7		Kumano (Flagship),Mogami, Mikuma, Suzuya
Eighth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 8		Tone, Chikuma
Ninth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 9		Kitakami, Ooi
Sixteenth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 16		Ashigara (Flagship), Nagara, Kuma
Eighteenth Cruiser Division: CruDiv 18		Tenryuu, Tatsuta

Carrier Divisions

The Carrier Divisions (Koukuu sentai) were part of a different fleet system than the Battlegroups and Torpedo Squadrons, though they often had Destroyer Divisions attached to them to act as escorts.

English Name	Japanese	Unit Members
First Carrier Division: CarDiv 1	第一航空戦隊	Akagi (Flagship), Kaga, Seventh Destroyer Division
Seventh Destroyer Division: DesDiv 7		Ushio (Flagship), Akebono, Sazanami
Second Carrier Division: CarDiv 2	第二航空戦隊	Souryuu (Flagship), Hiryuu, Twenty-Third Destroyer Division
Twenty-Third Destroyer Division: DesDiv 23	第二十三駆逐隊	Kikuzuki (Flagship), Uzuki also Mutsuki-class Yuzuki
Third Carrier Division:  CarDiv 3	第三航空戦隊	Zuihou, Houshou, Mikazuki (Escort)
Fourth Carrier Division: CarDiv 4	第四航空戦隊	Ryuujou, Later Ise and Hyuuga
Fifth Carrier Division: CarDiv 5	第五航空戦隊	Shoukaku, Zuikaku, Oboro (Escort)

Torpedo Squadrons

Torpedo Squadrons (Suirai sentai) and their sub-components, Destroyer Divisions (Kuchikutai), were created as part of the Japanese plan to slowly wear down American forces as they came across the Pacific with superior night-fighting and long-range torpedo bombardment tactics. They were led by a single Light Cruiser flagship supervising a number of Destroyer Divisions. Destroyer Divisions who have no members implemented in KanColle are not mentioned. Some sources translate 'Torpedo Squadron' as 'Destroyer Squadron', it is this that is abbreviated to 'Desron'

English Name	Japanese	Unit Members
First Torpedo Squadron: Desron 1	第一水雷戦隊	Abukuma (Flagship), Sixth Destroyer Division, Twenty-First Destroyer Division, Twenty-Seventh Destroyer Division, Seventeenth Destroyer Division
Sixth Destroyer Division:  DesDiv 6	第六駆逐隊	Hibiki (Flagship), Akatsuki, Inazuma, Ikazuchi
Seventeeth Destroyer Division: Desdiv 17		Urakaze (Flagship), Isokaze, Hamakaze, Tanikaze
Twenty-First Destroyer Division:  DesDiv 21	第二十一駆逐隊	Wakaba (Flagship), Hatsuharu, Nenohi, Hatsushimo
Twenty-Seventh Destroyer Division:  DesDiv 27		Shigure (Flagship), Shiratsuyu, Also Hatsuharu-class Ariake and Yugure
Second Torpedo Squadron: Desron 2	第二水雷戦隊	Jintsuu (Flagship), later Noshiro (Flagship), Sixteenth Destroyer Division, Fifteenth Destroyer Division, Eighteenth Destroyer Division, Eighth Destroyer Division, Thirty-First Destroyer Division
Eighth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 8	第八駆逐隊	Ooshio, Asashio, Michishio, Arashio
Fifteenth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 15	第十五駆逐隊	Kuroshio, also Kagerou-class Oyashio, Natsushio (Flagship), Hayashio, later Kagerou
Sixteenth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 16	第十五駆逐隊	Yukikaze (Flagship), Amatsukaze, Hatsukaze, Tokitsukaze
Eighteenth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 18	第十六駆逐隊	Shiranui (Flagship), Kagerou, Arare, Kasumi
Thirty-First Destroyer Division: Desdiv 31	第三十一駆逐隊	Naganami (Flagship), also Yuugumo-class Makinami
Third Torpedo Squadron: Desron 3	第三水雷戦隊	Sendai (Flagship), Eleventh Destroyer Division, Ninteenth Destroyer Division, Twelfth Destroyer Division
Eleventh Destroyer Division: DesDiv 11	第十一駆逐隊	Hatsuyuki (Flagship), Fubuki, Shirayuki
Nineteenth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 19		Ayanami, Shikinami, Isonami, also Fubuki-class Uranami (Flagship)
Twelfth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 12	第十二駆逐隊	Murakumo, also Fubuki-class Shirakumo (Flagship), Shinonome
Fourth Torpedo Squadron: Desron 4	第四水雷戦隊	Naka (Flagship), Second Destroyer Division, Fourth Destroyer Division, Twenty-Fourth Destroyer Division
Second Destroyer Division: DesDiv 2	第二駆逐隊	Murasame (Flagshp), Yuudachi, Harusame, Samidare
Fourth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 4	第二駆逐隊	Maikaze, also Kagerou-class Arashi (Flagship), Nowaki, Hagikaze
Twenty-Fourth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 24	第二十四駆逐隊	Suzukaze, also Shiratsuyu-class Umikaze (Flagship), Yamakaze, Kawakaze
Fifth Torpedo Squadron: Desron 5	第五水雷戦隊	Natori (Flagship)
Sixth Torpedo Squadron: Desron 6	第六水雷戦隊	Yuubari (Flagship), Thirtieth Destroyer Division
Thirtieth Destroyer Division: DesDiv 30	第三十駆逐隊	Mutsuki (Flagship), Kisaragi, Yayoi, Mochizuki, later Uzuki

This list is under construction and by no means exhaustive.